THE local authorities in Kwakwani are closely monitoring the fluctuating level of floodwaters in several parts of the Region 10 community.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, on Tuesday, Vice Chairman of the Kwakwani Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Cort Simeon, said that residents of Lamp Island and the waterfront area had started cleaning up and were trying to return to some level of normalcy.
However, with persistent rainfall and the overflowing of the Berbice River, floodwaters have been rising over the past few days.
According to Simeon, the access roads along Lamp Island are currently flooded with the water level as high as five feet.
Meanwhile, at the Kwakwani Waterfront, water levels have gone down to about a foot and residents are using boats to get around the community.
As it relates to those in shelters, Simeon said 33 residents are still being accommodated at the Kwakwani Primary School where a shelter was established in April when the flooding began. Simeon noted that 50 per cent of Kwakwani’s population is still grappling with that situation.
Thankfully, he said, no reports of water borne diseases or infections were recorded in the flooded areas.

Yearly, when the May-June rainy season comes, residents of Kwakwani would brace themselves for heavy torrential rainfall and light flooding.
However, this year, water levels rose above 15 feet, displacing almost 100 residents from their respective homes.
On Monday, it was also reported that the water level in Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni) was rising again. The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) had reported that the floodwater had risen significantly in the community of Eteringbang.
Over the weekend, the CDC dispatched a small assessment team, along with 80 food hampers, 200 cleaning hampers, and 10,000 water purification tablets to the mining community which is located along the Cuyuni River. The CDC had received approximately 80 reports at the National Emergency Monitoring System (NEMS) over the past week. Chief Hydromet Officer, Garvin Cummings, in a previous interview with the Guyana Chronicle, had explained that while the rainfall currently being experienced this month is not as severe as it was during the May-June period, it is higher than what usually obtains at this time of year.
He added that above normal rainfall can also be expected for the month of September.